and most of them fled to the South. North Korea revived religions in 1988 with building the Changchung Catholic Church in Pyongyang without any resident priest. Also it claims some 3,000 Catholics, ...

The trip also underscores a significant shift taking place inside the Catholic Church: its tilt to Asia. During his pontificate, Francis’ 44 previous foreign visits have included South Korea ...

The Philadelphia native says this as someone whose been to North Korea more than 50 times, delivering medicine, since being sent as a missionary to South Korea ... the Catholic men’s fraternal ...

But the foot and vehicle traffic were sparse in the area on a recent weekday, a reflection of the dwindling church membership in South Korea. Even the Cheongshim Peace World Center, where mass ...